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About the FIWARE Program

About the Program
– 15 000 EUR grant for product development and marketing.
– FIWARE support, FIWARE workshops held at the accelerator.
– Access to 2-4 workshops held at the accelerator location.

Startups interested in testing and developing their applications using FIWARE technologies can apply for the FIWARE grant.

The FIWARE grant is up to €15 000 for no equity. These startups will also receive FIWARE support through the accelerator and have to use at least one of the open source generic enablers. Furthermore, they have to be actively involved with the FIWARE community to help develop the FIWARE ecosystem.

The full business incubation program is a great opportunity for companies developing a software/mobile application for global markets. Each team accepted to the incubator will receive an initial seed financing of €30,000. In addition, promising companies with highest potential business ideas, who have proved the viability and market potential of their product idea, as well as capabilities of the project team, will receive follow-up funding of €50,000 – 250,000 after the program.

We carefully design our incubation processes around the specific needs of our participants, while employing best practices established by larger, world-leading technology incubators/accelerators. The incubation process is broken down into 4 phases (Shape – Build – Sell – Follow Up). The first 3 phases take place in-house, at our accelerator, for 3 months.

Our incubator is backed by private investors and the European Commission, which enables us to offer unique access to financing, mentorship and FIWARE technologies. It is an eligibility criteria to use one of the open source generic enablers developed by FIWARE partners. For a (not extensive) list of enablers please click here.

SHAPE
Shape your business model.
SHAPE
The core focus of the SHAPE-phase is to make sure, that the teams get their business models correct from the very beginning. During these weeks the emphasis is on getting the teams implement business plan adjustments and define the products’ key customer segments.

BUILD
Build your Product/Service.
BUILD
During the “Build” phase teams focus in developing their products based on the business plan that was prepared in previous weeks. Teams continue communicating with their mentors they chose, use the technological infrastructure our partners provide and test with pilot users.

SELL
Sell your solution.
SELL
During the “Sell” phase the teams focus on how well their products can be sold. Entrepreneurs continue working with their pilot customers, and collect feedback on the functioning of the product. Emphasis is on getting feedback on their existing clients for making the product attractive.

About CEED Tech

CEED Tech

CEED Tech is a consortium of five startup accelerators, operating in Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2011, we have launched 94 technology companies, and helped them to raise over €5M in seed and venture capital.

With the input of 450 program mentors, we have advised and trained ambitious entrepreneurs with projects in data, cloud services, analytics, transactional technologies, fintech and e-commerce, B2B technologies, location-based services, and security software.

Our passion is to help young companies build viable products, launch them quickly and successfully raise capital.

Startup Wise Guys

Focus: SaaS, Fintech, CyberSecurity, Data
Tallinn, Estonia
BusinessTech is a new vertical built on the Startup Wise Guys wide-scope accelerator that has now defined its focus from IT, and specifically, software platforms to B2B.
The 3+1 month program focuses heavily on area specific mentoring and partnering with large corporate networks.

Digital Factory

Focus: SaaS, Smart data tools, Digital marketing tools, Marketplaces, Cross-border e-commerce
Budapest, Hungary
The objective of our incubation program is for you to arrive at product / market fit: the state of grace where your product pretty much sells itself. Our biggest value added is the intensive mentoring to get you there. You can also work 3-12 months out of our offices in Budapest to speed up learning and product cycles. There are services available to help you validate demand and build product. Finally, you must get out to the market as quickly as possible and we will help you with market and investor access to do that.

Startup Yard

Focus: Data, Analytics, Mobile, IoT
Prague, Czech Republic
StartupYard is a seed accelerator for technology startups. Its goal is to help companies to build a viable product, launch fast and prepare to attract funding. Since 2011 StartupYard has accelerated 29 companies, of which 19 are still active, 9 have raised angel capital, and 4 were acquired. StartupYard is a member of Global Accelerator Network and is based in Prague, Czech Republic.

Open Coffee Club

Focus: Wide Scope
Vilnius, Lithuania

OCC Vilnius is an entrepreneurs-enabling organization with broad national and foreign partnerships and multifold activities. OCC Vilnius has assisted hundreds of startups so far, driving them towards raising capital, gathering team, winning of international competitions, and to various other goals.

The Spot

Focus: Security, Fintech, Gaming, SaaS
Bratislava, Slovakia
The Spot Booster is hands on accelerator program, where the teams work for 4 months under everyday guidance of skilled entrepreneurs-in-residence along the external domain expert mentors. The goal of the program is to maximize startup’s value by gradually developing entrepreneurs’ skills and finding the elusive product-market fit. By the end of the acceleration phase, startups will be at the stage to pitch to VCs.

Do you have any more question? Please read through our FAQ about the program! [FAQ]